[governance] yet another election forthcoming
Ken Lohento
klohento at panos-ao.org
Sun Dec 21 07:57:31 EST 2008
Hi Jeanette, Ian
I suggest we see how to shorten our process. If we ask the secretariat
to give us more time, we might then also be responsible of (or at least
contribute to) delaying the process now that they have launched it in time.
Let's start a shorter process (after election of the new coordinator) -
For example call for nominations can formally take only a week, since
people are already being informed that the renewal process have started
officially. If afterwards it appears that we really need more time, we
would then ask them that.
PS : I would also like to join my voice to those who thank Parminder for
his work as co-coordinator of the group : thank you!
Best wishes for 2009
Ken L
Jeanette Hofmann a écrit :
> Hi Ian,
>
> I wasn't aware of the deadline when I sent the message re MAG renewal.
> It is true, we havn't got much time for the selection process.
> Shortening our own procedures is one option. Unless the charter
> specifically asks us to proceed in the way you described below, we
> could easily perform some of the tasks in parallel. If we start with
> the call for nominations in early January, for example, we could close
> the call shortly after the selection criteria have been set. Say, end
> of January or so.
>
> However, another option would be to ask the secretariat to give us
> more time.
>
> jeanette
>
> Ian Peter wrote:
>> I've just noticed from the IGC website that the final date for
>> nominations
>> for MAG renewal has just been set as February 15. I do not believe it is
>> possible for us to carry out the procedure outlined in our charter in
>> that
>> time frame, ie
>>
>> 1. get 25 names for nomcom pool - from past experience and with a
>> holiday
>> season that would take us till at least January 12
>> 2. select nomcom - till January 19
>> 3. set criteria - till January 26 (very minimal)
>> 4. call for nominations - close February 10
>> 5. choose candidates - requires at least 2 weeks to do effectively.
>> So we
>> are out of time.
>>
>> And that is assuming we start today, no delays.
>> However I believe we should come up with a quicker process and put in
>> some
>> nominations rather than miss out altogether. So I am interested in
>> suggestions as to how we might proceed in a fair and reasonable
>> manner with
>> a shortened process.
>>
>> Please make suggestions. Within 48 hours there will be a new
>> Co-cordinator
>> announced, I would like to discuss with them our best path forward
>> given the
>> time and holiday season constraints, and your suggestions will be very
>> welcome.
>>
>>
>> Ian Peter
>> PO Box 429
>> Bangalow NSW 2479
>> Australia
>> Tel (+614) 1966 7772 or (+612) 6687 0773
>> www.ianpeter.com
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Ian Peter [mailto:ian.peter at ianpeter.com]
>>> Sent: 21 December 2008 06:16
>>> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; 'Jeanette Hofmann'
>>> Subject: RE: [governance] yet another election forthcoming
>>>
>>> Thanks for posting that Jeanette. With our processes, we need quite
>>> a bit
>>> of
>>> lead time to go through this.
>>>
>>> Firstly we need an independent chair. Then a nomcom pool of 25
>>> candidates
>>> from whom our nomcom will be randomly selected, then a call for
>>> candidates
>>> and selection of nominated names. So we should make sure we move on
>>> this
>>> early in January.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ian Peter
>>> PO Box 429
>>> Bangalow NSW 2479
>>> Australia
>>> Tel (+614) 1966 7772 or (+612) 6687 0773
>>> www.ianpeter.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Jeanette Hofmann [mailto:jeanette at wzb.eu]
>>>> Sent: 21 December 2008 02:06
>>>> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
>>>> Subject: [governance] yet another election forthcoming
>>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> we have hardly completed the election of the new coordinator and
>>>> before
>>>> we know it there is another election waiting.
>>>> The IGF secretariat got the go-ahead from UN headquarters to start
>>>> with
>>>> the MAG renewal process. The secretariat hopes to announce the new
>>>> members in time for the meeting in May 2009 in Geneva.
>>>>
>>>> This is fairly early compared to last years. I just went through our
>>>> mail archive. This year we started protesting about the lack of
>>>> information about the new members in August!
>>>>
>>>> We havn't got a deadline yet for nominations but it can't hurt to
>>>> start
>>>> thinking about candidates.
>>>>
>>>> These are the CS members from this year (copied from Parminder's
>>>> August
>>>> 22 mail):
>>>>
>>>> Valeria Betancourt
>>>> Graciela Selaimen
>>>> Y. J. Park
>>>> Natasha Primo
>>>>
>>>> And a few of IGC members whose membership has been renewed.
>>>>
>>>> Robin Gross
>>>> Jeanette Hofmann
>>>> Ken Lohento
>>>> Qusai Al Shatti
>>>>
>>>> About a third of the members should rotate each year. All of the
>>>> renewed
>>>> members have now completed their 3. And to make it a bit more
>>>> complicated, we are just one of the groups who nominate CS members.
>>>>
>>>> All the best, jeanette
>>>>
>>>>
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